Letter: Commentary on Sandy Hook shootings

Friday

Dec 28, 2012 at 10:34 PMDec 28, 2012 at 10:36 PM

'December with tears'

Margaret SampsonLeavenworth

To the editor:

'December with tears'

Running in winterBullets going where they never belongRibbons, gifts pushed to the side by spirits bending, rushing passedParents with empty arms, school shot to pieces, safety shot out of reachPeace lost to a never again silent nightBy a day so loud as to echo across our country, the whole world laments a season deniedNo surrender in a war undeclaredNow to cradle and hold the hearts bleedingAs it will take all year to healThen the rest of foreverThe sadness will keep tucked away to reappearWith the sounds of children laughing, their dances captured in the cloudsThe world has become more heavy, the sun less brightThe river mourns but keeps rolling, rolling along

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